Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Army Officer’s Dress Belt and Buckle, c. 1940 visually-hidden obverse centre in etching Gold

obverse centre in etching Gold and blue-enamelling border superposing by a hand painted figure of Immaculate Conception in natural enamels

the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGS-VERDIENST” (“FOR WAR MERIT”)

with a size measurement of “6’ x 9’”

as documented in his Medical History of an Invalid

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Army Officer’s Dress Belt and Buckle, c. 1940 visually-hidden obverse centre in etching GoldA Bulgarian Army Officers dress belt and buckle, the former constructed of a white cotton twill base, overlaid on the obverse by a silver aluminum wire tresses bearing three lengths of machine embroidered red and green tresses, one end fastened into a loop for the accommodation of a silvered bronze loop, the opposite end with metal clip meeting five metal eyelets (with three additional hand stitched threaded loops) for an adjustable fit, the reverse